About the Speaker, Professor Tu Wei-ming is Harvard-Yenching Professor of Chinese History and Philosophy and of Confucian Studies in the Department of East Asian Language and Civilizations at Harvard University. His research interests include Confucian humanism and ethics, Chinese history and philosophy, theories of modernity and civilizational dialogue. He has published six books in English and four in Chinese. Tu is also on the editorial board of the Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies and Philosphy East and West. <br><br>Additionally, he served as director of the Harvard Yenching Institute from 1996 to 2008 and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Professor Tu is a driving force in the revival of Confucian ethics in China, other parts of Asia, and the West. He has brought the Confucian perspective to international conversations on human rights and environmental ethics, and was invited by the Singapore government to facilitate the integration of Confucian ethics in public education. He was invited by the United Nations as a member of the Group of Eminent Persons to facilitate the Dialogue among Civilizations in 2001 and gave a presentation on civilizational dialogue to the Executive Board of UNESCO in 2004.